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they'll say this was nancy pelosi's plan. this was chuck schumer's plan. they say they won't even support a tax cut for those making a million dollars or below. i think since so much of this is focused on the president and speaker boehner, it shouldn't be too much of a hiccup. it will get a lot of play in the kwfsh blockosphere. hopefully we'll see that on andrea mitchell in just 30 minutes. >> well done. >> it shouldn't be a sticking point in the long run because this is much more just a negotiating ploy. there's still real hope for a larger deal, and the last thing i'll throw in there, and i asked speaker boehner about this today, the tragedy in connecticut, do you really want to have an elongated partisan heated battle with that as the back drop, of the country still very much in mourning, and he said to me that americans shouldn't have any more stresses after that. if you look at how the talks have expedited, especially since friday, i do sincerely believe this tragedy in kuhn conhas sort of given these leaders an opportunity to say, you know what, we
they'll say this was nancy pelosi's plan. this was chuck schumer's plan. they say they won't even support a tax cut for those making a million dollars or below. i think since so much of this is focused on the president and speaker boehner, it shouldn't be too much of a hiccup. it will get a lot of play in the kwfsh blockosphere. hopefully we'll see that on andrea mitchell in just 30 minutes. >> well done. >> it shouldn't be a sticking point in the long run because this is much more...
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it's amazing what soup can do. >>> it's official, nancy pelosi isn't going anywhere. the first female ever to lead a political party in congress announced a few hours ago she would respect the will of her caucus and return as house minority leader. >> my colleagues made it very clear, in fact i think they must have coordinated with each other, because their message was clear, don't even think of leaving. >> that's a mandate. pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid will be facing off against the same republican tandem from the 112th congress, house speak enboehner and mitch mcconnell. politico reports the two are engaged in good cop/bad cop. mcconnell up for re-election has been taking the hard line and boehner has been extending olive branches. boehner's aide has begun negotiating with his white house counterpart. can the speaker corral the same tea party members that gave him migraines in the last term of congress. according to boehner this won't be a problem because there isn't any tea party in congress. >> we don't have a tea party caucus to speak of in the ho
it's amazing what soup can do. >>> it's official, nancy pelosi isn't going anywhere. the first female ever to lead a political party in congress announced a few hours ago she would respect the will of her caucus and return as house minority leader. >> my colleagues made it very clear, in fact i think they must have coordinated with each other, because their message was clear, don't even think of leaving. >> that's a mandate. pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid will...
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because then they would have put nancy pelosi in charge of the house of representatives. see, i think these ideas that we talked about, i think they're popular ideas. this is a very close election. >> despite a scoreboard of 332 to 206, congressman paul ryan refuses to admit that president obama might have a mandate to push his agenda, a big part of which includes raising taxes on high earners. this week the president is holding court with ally and opponents to discuss the upcoming fiscal cliff. yesterday, at a meeting with progressive leaders the president said he would not give in to republican demands to extend all of the bush tax cuts. today he will meet with business leaders. the discussions underscore the president's opposing constituencies, but according to new york magazine's jonathan chaits the president has to do what he want -- joining us now from washington, "new york" magazine columnist by god jonathan chait. hello, my friend. >> thank you. >> jonathan, so the president met with progressive leaders yesterday and i think gave them some welcome news. how does h
because then they would have put nancy pelosi in charge of the house of representatives. see, i think these ideas that we talked about, i think they're popular ideas. this is a very close election. >> despite a scoreboard of 332 to 206, congressman paul ryan refuses to admit that president obama might have a mandate to push his agenda, a big part of which includes raising taxes on high earners. this week the president is holding court with ally and opponents to discuss the upcoming fiscal...
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them, and she was willing to take that charge. >> but, you know, i mean, sam, nancy pelosi gets it done. i mean, at the end of the day she has a set of brass knuckles, and her troops fall in line. i think we have -- there's a lot of arm change prognostication of john boehner and how in danger he is of his speakership. luke will say that he is not. i'll bring you in a second, luke. democrats end up playing ball even when there are pills in there that are icky for them to swallow. >> look, if boehner doesn't get it done tonight, is he in real trouble. if he does, okay. it's funny to me. you take away that chart we looked at earlier, and we're just a panel talking about the plot of general hospital. we don't know exactly why the nurse did that and turned on the weather machine or whatever it is. >> who is the nurse? >> that's a good question. >> oh, blacky. >> there is a sense that the republican party would not be doing all of this if they could avoid it, right? to meagan's point, if you look at the polling on this, 69% of the public disapproves of the way republicans are handling this. 1
them, and she was willing to take that charge. >> but, you know, i mean, sam, nancy pelosi gets it done. i mean, at the end of the day she has a set of brass knuckles, and her troops fall in line. i think we have -- there's a lot of arm change prognostication of john boehner and how in danger he is of his speakership. luke will say that he is not. i'll bring you in a second, luke. democrats end up playing ball even when there are pills in there that are icky for them to swallow. >>...
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the last speaker of the house nancy pelosi had some stern advice for mr. boehner. >> you can bring a bill to the floor that the republicans don't have to vote for except for 25 of them. i had to do it as speaker. do you know what it was like to bring a bill to floor to fund the war in iraq. it's tough, but you have to do it, so is the point that you don't want to put your members on the spot. figure it out. we did. figure it out. you ask me about what i do. that's what i did. that's what i did. it was very unpopular, and i have to tell you, i'm not sure i ever recovered amongst some on the left. >> this morning the speaker brought a visual aid to bolster his argument that democrats aren't conceding enough many spending cuts. the time crunch seemed to be getting to him. >> here we are at the 11th hour, and the president still isn't serious about dealing with this issue right here. it's this issue. spending. >> and the deal certainly has its perils for john boehner, especially with the election for his speakership happening january 3rd. some of his members a
the last speaker of the house nancy pelosi had some stern advice for mr. boehner. >> you can bring a bill to the floor that the republicans don't have to vote for except for 25 of them. i had to do it as speaker. do you know what it was like to bring a bill to floor to fund the war in iraq. it's tough, but you have to do it, so is the point that you don't want to put your members on the spot. figure it out. we did. figure it out. you ask me about what i do. that's what i did. that's what...
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. >> the president had managed, going through nancy pelosi and reid, to keep the democrats more or less in line on the grand bargain even though there was grumbling about the entitlement changes. i think the same thing would happen again. progressive democrats are talking ought more, want to go over the cliff -- >> the curve. >> the curve. >> you know, the mole hill. and put pressure on the republicans. i do think the fundamental dynamic hasn't changed and that is, can boehner bring any votes to the table? if 20 -- if 20 or so tea party republicans rebel against him, he doesn't win the speakership vote on january 3rd. i don't though how you get around that because i still think even if the last election there are at least 20 or so crazies or whatever you want to call them extremists, die hards in the house republican tea party caucus. >> and they're still there. >> they're still there. >> he has compared -- herding frogs in a wheel barrow. >> he should be so lucky. >> the republicans primaries produced a nominee who's most -- whose most memorable comments about immigration included this
. >> the president had managed, going through nancy pelosi and reid, to keep the democrats more or less in line on the grand bargain even though there was grumbling about the entitlement changes. i think the same thing would happen again. progressive democrats are talking ought more, want to go over the cliff -- >> the curve. >> the curve. >> you know, the mole hill. and put pressure on the republicans. i do think the fundamental dynamic hasn't changed and that is, can...
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. >> james clyburn and steny hoyer congratulating nancy pelosi on her unanimous election to remain democratic leader. the house republican conference named 19 of the 21 committee chairs and of the new leadership position, how many are held by women? zero. how many are held by white men? all of them. it appears the house gop take the term chairman literally. democrats have not voted on their new chairs but it's reported women may hole the ranking position in five committee. yesterday marcia blackburn speaking to nbc expressed disappointment with her party. >> i wish we weren't having to address that issue. i would like to have thought that we could have had women chairman. but the fact that this is kind of the way it has turned out as a vote, i think what we have to do is just continue to highlight the well-qualified women that are in our conference. >> the republican all-male leadership comes as a record number of imwere elected to congress. 101 women, 20 in the senate, 81 in the house. surprising no one the number of democratic women outpaces the number of republican women. in the house demo
. >> james clyburn and steny hoyer congratulating nancy pelosi on her unanimous election to remain democratic leader. the house republican conference named 19 of the 21 committee chairs and of the new leadership position, how many are held by women? zero. how many are held by white men? all of them. it appears the house gop take the term chairman literally. democrats have not voted on their new chairs but it's reported women may hole the ranking position in five committee. yesterday...
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coming up live here from our wonderful charlotte house, democratic leader nancy pelosi will be joining us live at this great location along with convention host governor bev purdue and chris matthews, charlie cook, mark halperin, jonathan capehart and michael steele. all that next right here, "andrea mitchell reports." this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ i don't have to use gas. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. drive around town all the time doing errands and never ever have to fill up gas in the city. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. the last time i
coming up live here from our wonderful charlotte house, democratic leader nancy pelosi will be joining us live at this great location along with convention host governor bev purdue and chris matthews, charlie cook, mark halperin, jonathan capehart and michael steele. all that next right here, "andrea mitchell reports." this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things....
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minority leader nancy pelosi argued in june that republicans have an ulterior motive in their pursuit of holder. to make it harder for the doj to carry out investigations into voter fraud. >> it is no coincidence that the attorney general of the united states is the person responsible for making sure that voter suppression does not happen in our country. these very same people are holding him in contempt, are part of a nationwide scheme to suppress the vote. >> meanwhile, a pennsylvania judge today upheld a new law requiring voters to bring a photo i.d. to the polls. the case will likely move next to the pennsylvania supreme court, with democrats claiming the law will disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters who don't have the proper i.d. joining us from baltimore is ranking member of the house oversight and government reform committee, congressman elijah cummings. congressman, great to see you. >> good to be with you. >> congressman, let's talk first about eric holder's tenacious pursuit -- sorry, darrell issa's tenacious pursuit of the attorney general. i wonder what you make
minority leader nancy pelosi argued in june that republicans have an ulterior motive in their pursuit of holder. to make it harder for the doj to carry out investigations into voter fraud. >> it is no coincidence that the attorney general of the united states is the person responsible for making sure that voter suppression does not happen in our country. these very same people are holding him in contempt, are part of a nationwide scheme to suppress the vote. >> meanwhile, a...